Southflaguy
12-05-2008, 05:41 PM
I think he's going for the insanity defense...Life in the Pen is a long time, especially if you're in your 20's...:eek:
VIDEO (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3206542)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbdunkin1205sbdec05,0,4280804.story
Suspect in Dunkin' Donuts robberies barks like a dog at judge
By Rafael A. Olmeda, Robert Nolin and Sofia Santana | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
4:11 PM EST, December 5, 2008
The man accused of being the shotgun-wielding robber in a two-county string of Dunkin' Donuts robberies repeatedly barked like a dog at a county judge this afternoon during a court hearing.
"I would suggest you take this more seriously," Judge John Hurley told James Herard, 19, who replied "ruff" several times. Herard barked again after Hurley explained his rights as a criminal defendant. "I'm going to consider your bark as an acknowledgment of what I just told you," the judge said.
Herard, of Lauderhill, has been at the Broward County Jail, held without bond. Hurley, expressing concern that Herard might try to intimidate witnesses, ordered that Herard be denied telephone privileges while he awaits trial.
Hurley this afternoon ordered that alleged accomplices, Charles Faustin, 18, and Tharod Bell, 23, both of Fort Lauderdale, remain in jail without bond, as well. A public defender said Bell has been on suicide watch.
Two other accused robbers -- Jonathan Jackson, 23, of Lauderhill; and Calvin Weatherspoon, 20, of Lauderdale Lakes -- are being held without bond.
Bell was arrested early Thursday, along with Faustin, while the two were trying to catch a day cruise from Port Everglades to flee to the Bahamas, authorities said.
Their alleged accomplices were arrested Tuesday night.
Bell and Faustin are brothers, Zelda Bain told a judge, identifying herself as their mother.
She asked that Faustin and Bell be kept away from Herard at the jail, saying that her sons were trying to flee the country because Herard had threatened to harm her if either man told anyone of the robberies.
"I'm apologizing to all the families that have been affected," Bain said after the court hearings.
"Right now, I'm just hoping and praying that this works out for them," she said, referring to her sons.
Police said the five men were responsible for at least four robberies last week, three at Dunkin' Donuts shops and one at a 7-Eleven.
The most violent occurred at a Delray Beach Dunkin' Donuts on Nov. 26.
Four gunmen in masks, gloves and hooded sweatshirts blasted four people with shotgun rounds, two in the face. A driver also was shot after flashing his high beams at the robbers as they crossed the street in front of him.
Another Dunkin' Donuts, this one in Tamarac, was robbed by two masked men the following night. Kiem Huynh, 56, Fort Lauderdale, was shot in the back and is still in critical condition.
A Sunrise Dunkin' Donuts was robbed in the same fashion on Nov. 24, and while no one was shot, one person was struck in the head with a shotgun. Police also credited a 7-Eleven robbery in Pompano Beach on Nov. 26 to the five arrestees.
All victims were randomly shot without reason, even after complying with the robbers' demands, police said. Police on Thursday said Herard was the one who wielded the shotgun. He told interrogators that he "has no soul," according to police.
Jackson, Herard and Weatherspoon, who have criminal records of varying degrees, confessed to the robberies, police said.
Bell has been charged with several misdemeanors but never convicted. Faustin does not have an adult criminal record.
All five told police they were members of the notorious Los Angeles-based Crips gang, authorities said.
Investigators are reviewing dozens of other unsolved cases to see if the suspects are linked to them.
VIDEO (http://www.sun-sentinel.com/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3206542)
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbdunkin1205sbdec05,0,4280804.story
Suspect in Dunkin' Donuts robberies barks like a dog at judge
By Rafael A. Olmeda, Robert Nolin and Sofia Santana | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
4:11 PM EST, December 5, 2008
The man accused of being the shotgun-wielding robber in a two-county string of Dunkin' Donuts robberies repeatedly barked like a dog at a county judge this afternoon during a court hearing.
"I would suggest you take this more seriously," Judge John Hurley told James Herard, 19, who replied "ruff" several times. Herard barked again after Hurley explained his rights as a criminal defendant. "I'm going to consider your bark as an acknowledgment of what I just told you," the judge said.
Herard, of Lauderhill, has been at the Broward County Jail, held without bond. Hurley, expressing concern that Herard might try to intimidate witnesses, ordered that Herard be denied telephone privileges while he awaits trial.
Hurley this afternoon ordered that alleged accomplices, Charles Faustin, 18, and Tharod Bell, 23, both of Fort Lauderdale, remain in jail without bond, as well. A public defender said Bell has been on suicide watch.
Two other accused robbers -- Jonathan Jackson, 23, of Lauderhill; and Calvin Weatherspoon, 20, of Lauderdale Lakes -- are being held without bond.
Bell was arrested early Thursday, along with Faustin, while the two were trying to catch a day cruise from Port Everglades to flee to the Bahamas, authorities said.
Their alleged accomplices were arrested Tuesday night.
Bell and Faustin are brothers, Zelda Bain told a judge, identifying herself as their mother.
She asked that Faustin and Bell be kept away from Herard at the jail, saying that her sons were trying to flee the country because Herard had threatened to harm her if either man told anyone of the robberies.
"I'm apologizing to all the families that have been affected," Bain said after the court hearings.
"Right now, I'm just hoping and praying that this works out for them," she said, referring to her sons.
Police said the five men were responsible for at least four robberies last week, three at Dunkin' Donuts shops and one at a 7-Eleven.
The most violent occurred at a Delray Beach Dunkin' Donuts on Nov. 26.
Four gunmen in masks, gloves and hooded sweatshirts blasted four people with shotgun rounds, two in the face. A driver also was shot after flashing his high beams at the robbers as they crossed the street in front of him.
Another Dunkin' Donuts, this one in Tamarac, was robbed by two masked men the following night. Kiem Huynh, 56, Fort Lauderdale, was shot in the back and is still in critical condition.
A Sunrise Dunkin' Donuts was robbed in the same fashion on Nov. 24, and while no one was shot, one person was struck in the head with a shotgun. Police also credited a 7-Eleven robbery in Pompano Beach on Nov. 26 to the five arrestees.
All victims were randomly shot without reason, even after complying with the robbers' demands, police said. Police on Thursday said Herard was the one who wielded the shotgun. He told interrogators that he "has no soul," according to police.
Jackson, Herard and Weatherspoon, who have criminal records of varying degrees, confessed to the robberies, police said.
Bell has been charged with several misdemeanors but never convicted. Faustin does not have an adult criminal record.
All five told police they were members of the notorious Los Angeles-based Crips gang, authorities said.
Investigators are reviewing dozens of other unsolved cases to see if the suspects are linked to them.